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Old Fashion Tahr – “The guides at Four Seasons Safaris were surprised I didn't want to take the helicopter up. I’ve been training for over 6 months and my mind was set. This tahr was going to be earned the hard way or not at all. So up the mountain we went. I've goat hunted BC and Alaska and this was every bit as steep. By late morning we had made it up to a high saddle. It didn't take long before we spotted a small bull about 600 yards above us. He was right below the ridgeline and we slowly worked to about 150 yards below him. As we were looking at this smaller bull, my larger bull appeared on the ridge behind him. The wind was good and I ranged a boulder 40 yards under the bull, dropped my pack and started working towards it. Not a minute after I made it to the boulder, curiosity got the best of him. He appeared right on queue, looking down towards me. He was quartering to me sharply and as soon as my 40 yard pin settled on his shoulder, the arrow was away. I couldn't see exactly where it hit. This was mainly due to how quickly it buckled him. He dropped, rolled 20 yards downhill and stopped right above me. It was just as easy as that. We did look for the arrow but never found it. The broadhead ended up breaking the front shoulder, cutting through lung, diaphragm before exiting out the far ham. My guide said he had never seen anything like it. I told him that’s because he's never seen a hunter shoot GrizzlyStik before!” – Rob Neilson, President, Ashby Bowhunting Foundation Rob was shooting a 650 grain (TAW) GrizzlyStik Momentum TDT arrow tipped with our 200 grain, single bevel Maasai broadhead. The arrow had a 26% FOC and was shot from a 70# bow. |
